#45375D
Eggplant · dark cool purple
About #45375D
#45375D is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 27% red, 22% green and 36% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Eggplant and Oxford Blue (ΔE 17.0), with Oxford Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4F5D37 (hunter green), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.73:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #45375D?
#45375D is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 27% red, 22% green and 36% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #45375D?
Use white text. White on #45375D has a contrast ratio of 10.73:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #45375D?
Its complementary colour is #4F5D37, and analogous partners are #373C5D and #58375D.